Music Trade Review
Issue: 1929 Vol. 88 N. 9 - Page 5
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MARCH 2, 1929
Eight Columbus Dealers Now
in National Association
Following his attendance at the meeting of
General Convention Arrangements' Committee
called by Chairman O'Connor in Chicago on
January 31, Delbert L. Loomis, executive secre-
tary of the National Association of Music Mer-
chants, arranged to visit dealers in various sec-
tions of the country following the expressed
desire at the meeting of the Board of Control
of the Association in Chicago in October that
he continue with such visits following his trip
to the Pacific Coast.
At the invitation of Otto B. Heaton, a direc-
tor of the Association, Mr. Loomis went from
Chicago to Columbus, O., where he spent Feb-
ruary 4 and 5. He visited every music mer-
chant in the city, being introduced to many of
them by Mr. Heaton personally and to others
by Arthur L. Roberts, manager of the Heaton
store. The result was the adding of six new
names to the Association roster, they being
W. M. Frickman, manager for Steinway &
Sons; O. W. Hudnell, Hudnell Music Store;
B. F. Traub, manager of the Rudolph Wur-
litzer Co.; Arthur L. Roberts, manager, Hea-
ton's Music Store; C. A. Gaetz, Gaetz Music
House, and Wm. P. Hoermle, of Hoermle's
Music Shoppe. R. C. Wilkin, of the Wilkin,
Redman Co. and Mr. Heaton are already mem-
bers of the Association, making eight in all
from Columbus.
While in Chicago, Mr. Loomis reported that
Geo. J. Dowling, president of The Cable Com-
pany, reinstated his individual active member-
ship in the association, while Raymond E. Dur-
ham, president, and C. J. DeAcres, of Lyon &
Healy, joined as active members.
Fred'k T. Steinway Left
Estate of $1,961,855
Frederick T. Steinway, president of Steinway
& Sons, who died on July 17, 1927, left an estate
of $2,028,511 gross, and $1,961,855 net, according
to an appraisal made this week. The entire
estate was left to his widow, Julia D. Steinway,
with the exception of his interest of 5,630 shares
of stock in Steinway & Sons, valued at $579,890,
of which Mrs. Steinway is to have the income.
Upon her death the principal goes to Chas.
F. M. Steinway, nephew, Wm. R. and Theodore
E. Steinway, cousins, and Theodore Cassebeer,
brother-in-law.
Weaver Piano Go. Had
Very Prosperous Year
YORK, PA., February 26.—At the annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Weaver Piano Co.,
Inc., held here last week the following officers
were re-elected: President, W. S. Bond; vice-
president, Charles F. Baer; secretary, P. G.
Mundorf; treasurer, W. L. Bond, and assistant
secretary-treasurer and general superintendent,
C. D. Bond.
Reports of the officers show that the business
of the company is in prosperous condition and
that the prospects for the year were very favor-
able. The usual dividends were declared.
New Officers for Buffalo
Radio Trades Association
BUFFALO, N. Y., February 26.—Edward P.
Young, secretary of the Cumberland-Young Co.,
was elected president of the Buffalo Radio
Trades Association at its annual meeting in
the Hotel Lafayette. L. W. James was elected
vice-president; Ray E. Staff, secretary; and
Howard P. Funk, treasurer. The directors
chosen for three-year terms are Elmer C. Metz-
ger, the retiring president; Benjamin E. Neal
and L. B. Tedesco.
The Music Trade Review
Pittsburgh Trade Launches City-Wide
Drive in Behalf of Piano Promotion
SlllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUIUIIIIilUlllUlllllUE
!
o you know
that Piano Classes
are being conducted
in our public schools?
Modern simplified
methods of piano
instruction
have
been introduced by
the City's Progres~
sive School System.
Are your children
enrolled?
rr\AKE advantage of the opportu-
J_ nity that is now yours—to give
jour children a musical education-
It will I i-an so much to them in
later years to be able to play the
piano — to create a musical back-
ground for their lives.
Now that Piano Class instruction
is being made available to children
in the classrooms of our public
schools, your obligation as a parent
is not only to see that your own chil-
dren—boys and girls—take advan-
tage of this opportunity—but also to
see that your piano is in good tone.
Facsimile Reproduc-
tion of Striking Adver-
tising Display Used By
Pittsburgh Piano Deal-
ers in Support of
Group Instruction Ac-
tivities in the Schools
There
Ant'uiuated Piano* Unfair
to the Child
Whether your children are study-
ing the piano with a private teacher
or in school, v our piano should be of
satisfactory quality. If it is not, yon
should buy a new one. No child can
hf expected to get the most out of
music study on an antiquated or out
of tune piano.
Why not come in to our studios today and let us show you "
assemblage of new, wonderfully-toned pianos—one oj
which will aid your child materially in realizing a
• life ambition—the ability to play piano music.
W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO.
525 Penn Avenue
S. HAMILTON CO.
8I.~>
(181 Utterly
A»enn»
McCAUSLAND'S
I . I I K - H , AVIIUIB
I. M. HOFFMANN CO
-.••T
LECHNER & SCHOENBERGl R CO.
«'
Vi
SCHROEDER'S
I
PITTSBURGH, PA., February 25.—With
than 16,000 school children engaged in the
study of music in the public schools of the
city a number of public-spirited music mer-
chants have joined in a joint co-operative ad-
vertising plan using the Pittsburgh newspapers
to call the attention of parents to the work that
is being done to give their children a musical
education.
Joining in the movement are the following
piano houses: W. F. Frederick Piano Co.,
Lechner & Schoenberger Co., McCauslands, J.
M. Hoffman Co., Schroeder Piano Co., and the
S. Hamilton Co.
Arthur O. Lechner, of the Lechner & Schoen-
berger Co., said: "The movement is one that is
calculated to stimulate an interest in the school
children in music and its cultural values. It
is a plan that should have the support of every
family who has children in the schools. The
public schools of Pittsburgh are fortunate in
having so able and efficient a leader in the
realm of music as Dr. Will Earhart, who di-
rects the music work of the Pittsburgh public
schools. I feel certain that the new work will
meet with unlimited success and result in much
good to the children and will serve to revive
the study of music with the piano as the main
instrument. It is a movement that should be
emulated in other cities."
Dealers in other cities where group piano
instruction is being given in the schools have
displayed much interest in the co-operative
methods of the Pittsburgh merchants for they
feel that the tie-up with the instruction move-
ment thus developed is bound to react favor-
ably in the matter of sales. With the children
making progress in their piano lessons, they
are in a position to emphasize, unconsciously
perhaps, the poor conditions of the pianos in
many homes, and the timely appeal of the
music merchants to give the children pianos
that will enable them to study properly should
be effective.
Many cities of the country, including Chi-
cago a'nd Denver, are understood to have
adopted group piano instruction and it is be-
lieved that the dealers in those various cities
may well profit by the Pittsburgh example and
support the movement through co-operative
advertising campaigns.
R. C. A. Stockholders
Confirm Victor Deal
The stockholders of the Radio Corporation
of America at a special meeting held on Wed-
nesday of this week, approved the changes in
capitalization necessary to the acquisition of
the Victor Talking Machine Co. The action
represents the final step in the merger of the
Radio Corp. and the Victor Co., with the excep-
tion of the deposit of seven-eighths of the Vic-
tor common stock before next Monday. It is
reported that the deposits of Victor shares have
been made at a very fair rate and the full stock
quota will be reached next week.
MARCH 2, 1929
Eight Columbus Dealers Now
in National Association
Following his attendance at the meeting of
General Convention Arrangements' Committee
called by Chairman O'Connor in Chicago on
January 31, Delbert L. Loomis, executive secre-
tary of the National Association of Music Mer-
chants, arranged to visit dealers in various sec-
tions of the country following the expressed
desire at the meeting of the Board of Control
of the Association in Chicago in October that
he continue with such visits following his trip
to the Pacific Coast.
At the invitation of Otto B. Heaton, a direc-
tor of the Association, Mr. Loomis went from
Chicago to Columbus, O., where he spent Feb-
ruary 4 and 5. He visited every music mer-
chant in the city, being introduced to many of
them by Mr. Heaton personally and to others
by Arthur L. Roberts, manager of the Heaton
store. The result was the adding of six new
names to the Association roster, they being
W. M. Frickman, manager for Steinway &
Sons; O. W. Hudnell, Hudnell Music Store;
B. F. Traub, manager of the Rudolph Wur-
litzer Co.; Arthur L. Roberts, manager, Hea-
ton's Music Store; C. A. Gaetz, Gaetz Music
House, and Wm. P. Hoermle, of Hoermle's
Music Shoppe. R. C. Wilkin, of the Wilkin,
Redman Co. and Mr. Heaton are already mem-
bers of the Association, making eight in all
from Columbus.
While in Chicago, Mr. Loomis reported that
Geo. J. Dowling, president of The Cable Com-
pany, reinstated his individual active member-
ship in the association, while Raymond E. Dur-
ham, president, and C. J. DeAcres, of Lyon &
Healy, joined as active members.
Fred'k T. Steinway Left
Estate of $1,961,855
Frederick T. Steinway, president of Steinway
& Sons, who died on July 17, 1927, left an estate
of $2,028,511 gross, and $1,961,855 net, according
to an appraisal made this week. The entire
estate was left to his widow, Julia D. Steinway,
with the exception of his interest of 5,630 shares
of stock in Steinway & Sons, valued at $579,890,
of which Mrs. Steinway is to have the income.
Upon her death the principal goes to Chas.
F. M. Steinway, nephew, Wm. R. and Theodore
E. Steinway, cousins, and Theodore Cassebeer,
brother-in-law.
Weaver Piano Go. Had
Very Prosperous Year
YORK, PA., February 26.—At the annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Weaver Piano Co.,
Inc., held here last week the following officers
were re-elected: President, W. S. Bond; vice-
president, Charles F. Baer; secretary, P. G.
Mundorf; treasurer, W. L. Bond, and assistant
secretary-treasurer and general superintendent,
C. D. Bond.
Reports of the officers show that the business
of the company is in prosperous condition and
that the prospects for the year were very favor-
able. The usual dividends were declared.
New Officers for Buffalo
Radio Trades Association
BUFFALO, N. Y., February 26.—Edward P.
Young, secretary of the Cumberland-Young Co.,
was elected president of the Buffalo Radio
Trades Association at its annual meeting in
the Hotel Lafayette. L. W. James was elected
vice-president; Ray E. Staff, secretary; and
Howard P. Funk, treasurer. The directors
chosen for three-year terms are Elmer C. Metz-
ger, the retiring president; Benjamin E. Neal
and L. B. Tedesco.
The Music Trade Review
Pittsburgh Trade Launches City-Wide
Drive in Behalf of Piano Promotion
SlllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUIUIIIIilUlllUlllllUE
!
o you know
that Piano Classes
are being conducted
in our public schools?
Modern simplified
methods of piano
instruction
have
been introduced by
the City's Progres~
sive School System.
Are your children
enrolled?
rr\AKE advantage of the opportu-
J_ nity that is now yours—to give
jour children a musical education-
It will I i-an so much to them in
later years to be able to play the
piano — to create a musical back-
ground for their lives.
Now that Piano Class instruction
is being made available to children
in the classrooms of our public
schools, your obligation as a parent
is not only to see that your own chil-
dren—boys and girls—take advan-
tage of this opportunity—but also to
see that your piano is in good tone.
Facsimile Reproduc-
tion of Striking Adver-
tising Display Used By
Pittsburgh Piano Deal-
ers in Support of
Group Instruction Ac-
tivities in the Schools
There
Ant'uiuated Piano* Unfair
to the Child
Whether your children are study-
ing the piano with a private teacher
or in school, v our piano should be of
satisfactory quality. If it is not, yon
should buy a new one. No child can
hf expected to get the most out of
music study on an antiquated or out
of tune piano.
Why not come in to our studios today and let us show you "
assemblage of new, wonderfully-toned pianos—one oj
which will aid your child materially in realizing a
• life ambition—the ability to play piano music.
W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO.
525 Penn Avenue
S. HAMILTON CO.
8I.~>
(181 Utterly
A»enn»
McCAUSLAND'S
I . I I K - H , AVIIUIB
I. M. HOFFMANN CO
-.••T
LECHNER & SCHOENBERGl R CO.
«'
Vi
SCHROEDER'S
I
PITTSBURGH, PA., February 25.—With
than 16,000 school children engaged in the
study of music in the public schools of the
city a number of public-spirited music mer-
chants have joined in a joint co-operative ad-
vertising plan using the Pittsburgh newspapers
to call the attention of parents to the work that
is being done to give their children a musical
education.
Joining in the movement are the following
piano houses: W. F. Frederick Piano Co.,
Lechner & Schoenberger Co., McCauslands, J.
M. Hoffman Co., Schroeder Piano Co., and the
S. Hamilton Co.
Arthur O. Lechner, of the Lechner & Schoen-
berger Co., said: "The movement is one that is
calculated to stimulate an interest in the school
children in music and its cultural values. It
is a plan that should have the support of every
family who has children in the schools. The
public schools of Pittsburgh are fortunate in
having so able and efficient a leader in the
realm of music as Dr. Will Earhart, who di-
rects the music work of the Pittsburgh public
schools. I feel certain that the new work will
meet with unlimited success and result in much
good to the children and will serve to revive
the study of music with the piano as the main
instrument. It is a movement that should be
emulated in other cities."
Dealers in other cities where group piano
instruction is being given in the schools have
displayed much interest in the co-operative
methods of the Pittsburgh merchants for they
feel that the tie-up with the instruction move-
ment thus developed is bound to react favor-
ably in the matter of sales. With the children
making progress in their piano lessons, they
are in a position to emphasize, unconsciously
perhaps, the poor conditions of the pianos in
many homes, and the timely appeal of the
music merchants to give the children pianos
that will enable them to study properly should
be effective.
Many cities of the country, including Chi-
cago a'nd Denver, are understood to have
adopted group piano instruction and it is be-
lieved that the dealers in those various cities
may well profit by the Pittsburgh example and
support the movement through co-operative
advertising campaigns.
R. C. A. Stockholders
Confirm Victor Deal
The stockholders of the Radio Corporation
of America at a special meeting held on Wed-
nesday of this week, approved the changes in
capitalization necessary to the acquisition of
the Victor Talking Machine Co. The action
represents the final step in the merger of the
Radio Corp. and the Victor Co., with the excep-
tion of the deposit of seven-eighths of the Vic-
tor common stock before next Monday. It is
reported that the deposits of Victor shares have
been made at a very fair rate and the full stock
quota will be reached next week.
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